Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality, 1990 to 2004: Low Birth Weight, Maternal Complications and Other CausesDemographers have long studied the unacceptably high rates of infant mortality in the U.S., relative to other advanced countries. These higher rates are largely attributable to persistent ...
Racial/ethnic disparities in infant mortality: the role of behavioral factors. Soc Biol. 2000;47:244-263.Finch, B. K., Frank, R., & Hummer, R. A. (2000). Racial/ethnic disparities in infant mortality: The role of behavioral factors. Social Biology, 47(3-4), 244-263....
Trends and Racial Differences in Birth Weight and Related Survival Despite this, racial disparities in infant mortality rates have increased and rates of low birth weight deliveries have shown little change. In this study,... GR Alexander,ME Tompkins,MC Allen,... - 《Matern Child Health J》 ...
Objectives: Disparities in life expectancy between white and non-white populations in the US are marked. While infant mortality contributes to this difference, the majority of excess deaths occur in middle age. Our research investigates whether health insurance ameliorates racial disparities in mortality...
Disparities in infant mortality by race among Hispanic and non-Hispanic infants. Matern Child Health J. 2017;21(7):1581-1588. doi:10.1007/s10995-017-2290-3PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref Racial Segregation and Inequality of Care in Neonatal Intensive Care Units Is Unacceptable JAMA Pediatrics ...
The researchers also found wider disparities in preterm birth (earlier than 34 weeks) and perinatal mortality among Hispanic mothers versus white mothers who turned to medically assisted reproduction generally, compared to the disparities between the groups when looking at spontaneously conceived children....
Racial/ethnic differences in early-life risk factors for childhood obesity. OBJECTIVE: By the preschool years, racial/ethnic disparities in obesity prevalence are already present. The objective of this study was to examine racial/e... EM Taveras,MW Gillman,K Kleinman,... - 《Pediatrics》 被引...
Since 1950, dramatic advances in human genetics have occurred, racial disparities in infant mortality have widened, and the United States' international ra... R David,J Collins - 《American Journal of Public Health》 被引量: 149发表: 2007年 The influence of left ventricular hypertrophyon survival...
and specifically, racial disparities in infant mortality, because of established inequities in the rates of preterm birth by maternal race and ethnicity.5Thus, estimating mortality racial disparities within a population of preterm infants defined by a certain gestational age must consider the pregnancies...
We assessed the value of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) services as a public health intervention seeking to improve birth outcomes and reduce racial disparities. Methods. We compared the infant mortality rate (IMR) per 1000 live births and percentage ...